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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that online consultation tools shouldn’t be mandatory as the first step to access GP care, according to an NIHR SPCR-funded study (grant 598): www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/online-... #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research @capcbristol.bsky.social

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NIHR ARC Yorkshire & Humber @arc-yharc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Doors are open at the Bradford & West Yorks CRDC Industry Day! 🚀 The team is ready and waiting. Stop by our @arc-yharc.bsky.social stall to see our latest impact and chat about how we’re improving care across the region. #CRDC2026 #HealthInnovation

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

And day 2- Keswick to Ambleside- great- they’ll have gone over the Kirkstone pass! Oh- no, they haven’t. The 2014 Grand Depart in Yorkshire had two great stages- these don’t look anywhere near as good 😟

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#TourdeFrance #GrandDepart2027. What a disappointment. Of all the routes in #Scotland they could have picked, they basically went for the fastest route to leave the country. Could have had a finish up the Royal Mile in #Edinburgh. Finish is in Carlisle instead www.letour.fr/en/the-race/...

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Grand Départ Grande-Bretagne 2027

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

They should be. It took the US 30 years to forget the lessons of Vietnam. That the US public really don’t like a steady stream of dead and maimed soldiers coming back from forever wars in other continents. Seems like it’s only been 20 years this time.

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

How is he going to run it? Without people in #Venezuela to actually do the administration? Who would be targets for #Maduro loyalists. So will need US troops to protect them. Who will be targets, and need more US troops. Afghanistan 2.0. MAGA didn’t vote for this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

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Venezuela latest: Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place' - watch live

The president says the US launched an

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! From a chilly North Yorkshire coast!

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Research at ARUK @alzheimersresearchuk.org · 27/11/2025

The Jean Corsan Prize celebrates ECRs driving progress in dementia research Open to PhD/MD students with an excellent neurodegeneration paper (including pre-prints). Winner gets £2,500 & presents at #ARUKConf26 Nominate yourself or a colleague by 15 Dec www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...

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NDP Dementias Hub @ndp-dementiashub.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

@dementiaresearcher.bsky.social Big data isn’t just numbers, it’s a game-changer for dementia research. Read Our latest blog, “Big Data, Big Opportunity" by Chloe Tulip #DementiaResearch #BigData #DataScience #HealthInnovation #ResearchImpact portal.dementiasplatform.uk/big-data-big...

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Join Alzheimer's Research UK @alzheimersresearchuk.org for an online session reflecting on this years dementia news and the part the public play in moving clinical research forward. 16th December - 1pm www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/big-re...

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BIG Research Moments of 2025 - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER

Join Alzheimer's Research UK for an online session reflecting on this years dementia news and the part the public play in moving clinical research forward.

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Oh dear. I had high hopes for Evoke. I was involved with the ELAD trial of liraglutide, which was negative overall but with some tantalising suggestions there could be some benefit on the secondary outcomes. This result is a bit of a blow.

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Another post from yesterday’s walk at Scarhouse reservoir in Nidderdale in #NorthYorkshire. Rained the whole way round so plenty of water still to make its way into the reservoir. Very reassuring after it was only 1/3 full at the end of summer! #yorkshire

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Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Abstract submissions for #AAIC26 are open! Share your landmark findings and shape the future of Alzheimer's disease and dementia research by presenting at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2026. Submit by Jan. 12, 2026: alz.org/AAIC

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NDP Dementias Hub @ndp-dementiashub.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

We’re at the ARUK Networking Meeting in Cardiff! 🧠 AI-driven neuroimaging talk by @lewishotchkiss.bsky.social 📊 Posters on Polygenic Risk Scores by Alieyeh Sarabandi & Aynthetic Data by Kafayat Adeoye Come say hi and learn how DPUK drives dementia research! #DementiaResearch #AIinHealthcare #DPUK

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

#Winterwalking in Scotland- Gulvain south top on a sunny November day. Bigger day than expected- only 987m but lots of ups and downs along the way, 1300m ascent in total, finished in the dark #Scotland #photography #landscapephotography #photooftheday #landscape #mountainmonday

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alzsocresearch.bsky.social @alzsocresearch.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Meet Isabella👋 A PhD student at our Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia at Leeds Beckett University. Her PhD focuses on how marginalised communities experience memory assessment and support for mild cognitive impairment (MCI). #DementiaResearch Find out more shorturl.at/tQ6l4

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Dementias Platform UK @dementiasplatform.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Congratulations to Dishaa Sinha, one of the many outstanding women working with @dementiasplatform.bsky.social for her award at #WINAwards2025. She has done great work on our #FAST study and #GreatMinds register. #dementiaresearch #cognition #bloodbiomarkers #ageing #aging 👏👩‍🔬

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alzsocresearch.bsky.social @alzsocresearch.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Welcome the 6 early career researchers beginning their PhD projects in the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia! This Centre focuses on ways to provide better care and services for people living with dementia! Find out more: sl1nk.com/JCEfC

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Indeed, and I was being a bit melodramatic. Plenty of other possible causes. Still, only 15 in the study, and one SAE (participant outcome - death)- I’d be monitoring the safety profile in any phase 2 study *very* carefully…

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

It was very atmospheric in the Pinewoods in #Harrogate the other day- autumn colours muted by the mist… #photography #photooftheday #nature #naturephotography #Yorkshire #autumn2025 #stunday

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

“One participant died months after the infusion” 😬

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BMC @bmc.springernature.com · 07/11/2025

Alzheimer's Research & Therapy launched a new Collection “Advances in Lewy Body Dementia Research”, edited by Kristian Steen Frederiksen and Paul C. Donaghy, that focuses on biomarker discovery, imaging techniques, and treatment strategies in Lewy body dementia. bit.ly/4qZGaWu #MedSky

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 05/11/2025

Living in a deprived neighbourhood increases your #dementia risk and now @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social researchers know why. @audreylow.bsky.social and Prof John O'Brien found links to brain vessel damage and poorer management of lifestyle factors known to affect dementia risk: bit.ly/3JNMxv7 🧪

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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Four Things To Know About Depression and Older Adults nia.nih.gov/health/infog... #depression #mentalhealth #Alzheimers #dementia #geriatrics #GeriSky

National Institute on Aging infographic about depression and older adults

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

- and that stopping Reform is the only game in town. And it cuts both ways- if the Green rise and Labour slide were to continue, and the Greens were in the box seat to beat Reform/Tories in a constituency, then Labour should put the country first and not target that constituency

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

So if I was in the Green Party (and I have voted for them), I’d be working on the premise that it’s going to take a repeat of the last election- when there was massive tactical voting to keep out the Right- to stop Reform; and that, just on electoral arithmetic Labour have to be part of that…

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

“A week is a long time in politics”… I can’t see how Labour recover to election-winning levels of support from where they are, but stabilising at about 20% seems entirely plausible, with the patchy distribution of support still giving them a decent number of seats

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Can’t argue with any of that. But what I would be wary of is assuming the polls now tell us much about what to expect at an election 2 or 3 years from now. Thatcher was dead and buried in the summer of 1981, but ended up with 3 terms. Johnson was a shoo-in for 3 terms and didn’t even see out 1

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

…plan for this scenario is. I’ve asked you, and your answer is just “my assessment is right: what you say just won’t happen” That serial denial there is a valid point to address, and restatement of the original proposition, is exactly what Labour and the Tories do. #allthesame

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

With the Green wave you expect stalling around the same? I’m not saying I know that is what will happen. Quite the opposite- I’m saying neither of us knows what will happen. But my scenario is hardly far-fetched. If the Greens are a serious party I think it’s reasonable to ask what their…

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The floor of their vote is yet to be tested. You think it could be 12%. Maybe. But: what if it’s not? What if you are wrong? That’s the question I’ve put to you five times, six now. What do you do if it turns out Labour isn’t dead, and shambles into the next GE on 20% of the vote?

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

But the assumption that the “wasted vote” fear is what is holding large numbers back from voting Green is yet to be tested, and when it is I think it is far from guaranteed that it will turn out to be accurate. Many will jump ship to Reform instead. But many are “Labour till they die”.

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

You presented your assessment of what you consider is likely to happen. You don’t know if that will or not. I noted that in many parts of the country, voting Labour is part of people’s identity. This is changing, and many are changing their vote. Many more will too, I have no doubt.

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Five times I asked the question, five times you just restated the faulty premise I was questioning. It’s nice to see supporters of the insurgent parties are so faithful in upholding the traditions of the established parties… 😉 #spiritiofMichaelHoward #animalfarm #meetthenewbosssameastheoldboss

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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

As Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, many may feel a shift in their mood. Is it just the 'winter blues' or seasonal affective disorder (SAD)? This infographic may help guide you on when to seek professional help. go.nih.gov/g6daNPZ #sleep #health #wellness #DaylightSavingTime

An infographic for NIH about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Very possible mental health issues, sadly.

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

But that’s not actually a plan. How?

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Yes, but what’s your plan if Labour do limp into to the next GE with 20-25% support? That’s not a fantastical scenario. What then?

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Gregor Russell @gregorrussell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Yes, yes, you keep saying that But what if you’re wrong? And Labour support congeals about 20-25%?

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